Rodwell, Margaret Eleanor

2012

"I always think [your] Uncle Edwin's strong point is working the land laws and I hope he will secure what we want and leave what we don't want..." --John Everett to his son Arthur, 1890-91. This paper answers the call for 'many detailed local studies' with which Bill Gammage ended his seminal inquiry into the rationale and consequences of free selection in colonial New South Wales. Close examination of official documents and the wealth of letters, journals, ledgers and relevant papers concerning Ollera Station, Guyra, which are held by the University of New England and Regional Archives at Armidale will permit answers to be found, for this historically important pastoral station, to the crucially important questions Gammage posed 20 years ago: 'Who got land under the selection acts, and [to whom were they connected]? ... which selectors were genuine? ... which squatters and selectors were successful? ... how and why?'

Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, 98(1), p. 51-74

1838-7381

0035-8762

https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/11427

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Royal Australian Historical Society

Working the Land Laws: manipulation and management of free selection on Ollera Station, Guyra, 1860-1914

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